CVE-2024-0394: Rapid7 Minerva Armor Privilege Escalation (FIXED)

Rapid7 is disclosing CVE-2024-0394, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Rapid7 Minerva’s Armor product family. Minerva uses the open-source OpenSSL library for cryptographic functions and to support secure communications. The root cause of this vulnerability is Minerva’s implementation of...

BlueHat 2023: Connecting the security research community with Microsoft

We’re excited to welcome more than 400 members of the security research community from around the world to Redmond, Washington for BlueHat 2023. Hosted by the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC, BlueHat is where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals, come...

BlueHat 2023 Call for Papers is Now Open!

For nearly 20 years, BlueHat has been where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals come together as peers, to share, debate, challenge, learn, and exchange ideas in the interest of creating a safer and more secure world for all. We are extremely excited to announce...

BlueHat 2023 Call for Papers is Now Open!

For nearly 20 years, BlueHat has been where the security research community, and Microsoft security professionals come together as peers, to share, debate, challenge, learn, and exchange ideas in the interest of creating a safer and more secure world for all. We are extremely excited to announce...

CISA Announces Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform

CISA has announced the establishment of its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy VDP Platform for the federal civilian enterprise, which will allow the Federal Civilian Executive Branch to coordinate with the civilian security research community in a streamlined fashion. The VDP Platform provides a...

Microsoft Offers Up To $30K For Teams Bugs

Microsoft wants to send the message the company is serious about the security of its popular Teams desktop application and it’s willing to put some cash behind the talk. A new bug-bounty program offers up to $30,000 for security vulnerabilities, with top payouts going to those with the most...

Attacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet

Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot, an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs that are constantly being harvested for financial data and are often used as the entry point for deploying...

U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling

The U.S. government is concerned about foreign interference in the 2020 election, so much so that it will offer a reward of up to $10 million for anyone providing information that could lead to tracking down potential cybercriminals aiming to sabotage the November vote. The U.S. Department of...

SAS 2019 to Tackle APTs, Supply Chains and More

Kaspersky Lab’s Security Analyst Summit kicks off in Singapore next week, where elite researchers, top cybersecurity firms and global law-enforcement agencies will discuss today’s biggest cybersecurity threats and how best to squash them. This year marks the first time the global security...